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Green buildings pay / edited by Brian Edwards.
Fine Arts Library NA2542.35 .G73 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and energy conservation--Great Britain--Case studies.
- Architecture and energy conservation.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Architecture.
- Commercial buildings--Great Britain--Case studies.
- Commercial buildings.
- College buildings--Great Britain--Case studies.
- College buildings.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Spon Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Foreword: Brian Wilson MP Minister of State for Energy xiii
- Part 1 The greening of the property industry
- Chapter 1 How do green buildings pay? / Brian Edwards 2
- Direct benefits 2
- Indirect benefits 5
- Wider global benefits 6
- Integrating energy, environmental and ecological perspectives 9
- Briefing for sustainable design 13
- Chapter 2 The risks and benefits of green design / Brian Edwards 18
- Chapter 3 Green buildings and the UK property industry / William McKee 28
- New tenant needs 28
- The running costs of a green building 31
- Chapter 4 Market advantage through green design / Alan Rowe 34
- New Mill House, 183 Milton Park, occupied by Research Machines 37
- 160 Milton Park, occupied by Marston Book Services 37
- The Business Campus, 90-92 Milton Park 40
- Chapter 5 The relevance of green buildings to the procurement and marketability of offices / Graham Francis 42
- Definition of the green office 42
- The green investor 44
- Design implications 45
- The urban site 46
- Compiling the brief 46
- A learning experience 49
- Chapter 6 Achieving institutional levels of office design through sustainable approaches / David Partridge 52
- Market appeal 52
- The Argent solution to speculative green design 53
- Chapter 7 Balancing human, energy and building costs / Marilyn Standley 58
- Developing a people-centred brief 58
- Why build a green building? 59
- Environmental factors 60
- The importance of user groups 60
- Drawing up the design plan 63
- Controlling light and ventilation 63
- Part 2 Case studies of best practice
- The Workplace
- Chapter 8 Mistral Building, Reading / Ken Shuttleworth 68
- Commerzbank, Frankfurt, and other European projects 68
- The Mistral Building for British Gas 70
- Chapter 9 PowerGen Building, Coventry / Rab Bennetts 78
- Evolution of the design strategy 78
- Factors that determined the building's configuration 82
- Chapter 10 Daimler Chrysler Building, Berlin / Lennart Grut 86
- Environmental strategy 86
- Natural ventilation using a plenum 88
- Atrium roof shading versus office shading 89
- Solar gains on facades 89
- Natural ventilation in offices 91
- Daylighting 93
- Chapter 11 Leeds City Office Park / Steve Baker 94
- The key elements 94
- Maximizing natural daylight 96
- Green solutions and cost restraints 98
- Chapter 12 The Environmental Building, The Building Research Establishment, Watford / William Gething 102
- Demonstrating the potential of low-energy design 102
- Ventilation 105
- The wave floor 105
- Ventilation stacks 107
- Lighting and energy demand 109
- Recycling 109
- Architectural form 113
- Chapter 13 Barclaycard Headquarters, Northampton / Brian Edwards 114
- Educational Buildings
- Chapter 14 The importance of the school to learning / Brian Edwards, Alison Gorf 122
- Green school design and teacher stress 131
- The particular problem with early passive solar schools 138
- A lesson from Hampshire schools 141
- Eco-schools in the UK 143
- Chapter 15 Design guidance for green schools / Brian Edwards 146
- The advantage of different plan types 150
- Selecting the plan type 154
- Chapter 16 John Cabot City Technology College, Bristol / Brian Edwards 158
- Chapter 17 Greenwich Millennium Village Primary School / Brian Edwards 166
- Chapter 18 Queen's Building, Anglia Polytechnic University, Chelmsford / David Turrent, Mel Barlex 172
- The design stage 172
- Finding an energy-efficient solution 174
- Innovation within a budget 174
- Monitoring performance 176
- Chapter 19 Elizabeth Fry Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich / Peter Yorke, Richard Brearley 180
- Low-energy design principles 180
- Planning the building 183
- Energy-saving solutions 185
- Chapter 20 Cable and Wireless College, Coventry / David Prichard, John Beatson 188
- The brief 188
- Commitment to biodiversity 190
- Environmental conrol 191
- Chapter 21 Sustainability for the longer term: new technologies and building design / Peter F. Smith, Brian Edwards 194
- Global warming 194
- September 11th 2001 195
- Renewable energy 197
- Lessons from Probe studies 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415262712
- OCLC:
- 50730953
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